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| -rw-r--r-- | include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h | 31 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/bluetooth/hci_sysfs.c | 1 |
3 files changed, 32 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h b/include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h index 5590cc4412c6..d324b11a0c8f 100644 --- a/include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h +++ b/include/net/bluetooth/hci_core.h @@ -600,6 +600,37 @@ int hci_conn_switch_role(struct hci_conn *conn, __u8 role); void hci_conn_enter_active_mode(struct hci_conn *conn, __u8 force_active); +/* + * hci_conn_get() and hci_conn_put() are used to control the life-time of an + * "hci_conn" object. They do not guarantee that the hci_conn object is running, + * working or anything else. They just guarantee that the object is available + * and can be dereferenced. So you can use its locks, local variables and any + * other constant data. + * Before accessing runtime data, you _must_ lock the object and then check that + * it is still running. As soon as you release the locks, the connection might + * get dropped, though. + * + * On the other hand, hci_conn_hold() and hci_conn_drop() are used to control + * how long the underlying connection is held. So every channel that runs on the + * hci_conn object calls this to prevent the connection from disappearing. As + * long as you hold a device, you must also guarantee that you have a valid + * reference to the device via hci_conn_get() (or the initial reference from + * hci_conn_add()). + * The hold()/drop() ref-count is known to drop below 0 sometimes, which doesn't + * break because nobody cares for that. But this means, we cannot use + * _get()/_drop() in it, but require the caller to have a valid ref (FIXME). + */ + +static inline void hci_conn_get(struct hci_conn *conn) +{ + get_device(&conn->dev); +} + +static inline void hci_conn_put(struct hci_conn *conn) +{ + put_device(&conn->dev); +} + static inline void hci_conn_hold(struct hci_conn *conn) { BT_DBG("hcon %p orig refcnt %d", conn, atomic_read(&conn->refcnt)); diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c index 6b5b8e77cf0b..6c7f36379722 100644 --- a/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c +++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c @@ -462,8 +462,7 @@ int hci_conn_del(struct hci_conn *conn) hci_dev_put(hdev); - if (conn->handle == 0) - kfree(conn); + hci_conn_put(conn); return 0; } diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_sysfs.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_sysfs.c index ff38561385de..6fe15c822847 100644 --- a/net/bluetooth/hci_sysfs.c +++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_sysfs.c @@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ void hci_conn_del_sysfs(struct hci_conn *conn) } device_del(&conn->dev); - put_device(&conn->dev); hci_dev_put(hdev); } |